The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

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An updated Concept for the Development of the Solovetsky Archipelago, including clarification regarding the potential reconstruction (restoration) of “lost” monastic structures and sites associated ...

Russia's Solovetsky Islands, less than 100 miles from the Arctic Circle, have become a popular tourist destination. Originally an outpost of the... Residents, Church Vie For History-Rich Russian Isles ...

When you look up "Volga tours" on the Internet, most advertise a quick St. Petersburg-to-Moscow trip, though technically neither city is on the Volga. But the Volga is more than a river. It is an ...